The median hourly wage for woodworkers was $14.17 in May 2015.
The median wage is the wage at which half the workers in an occupation earned more than that amount and half earned less. The lowest 10 percent earned less than $9.47, and the highest 10 percent earned more than $22.20.

Median hourly wages for woodworkers in May 2015 were as follows:

Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters

$15.52

Furniture finishers

14.04

Sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood

13.37

Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing

13.37

In May 2015, the median hourly wages for woodworkers in the top industries in which they worked were as follows:

Office furniture (including fixtures) manufacturing

$15.93

Wood kitchen cabinet and countertop manufacturing

14.87

Household and institutional furniture manufacturing

13.82

Sawmills and wood preservation

13.82

Other wood product manufacturing

12.86

Most woodworkers are employed full time and work during regular business hours.

Woodworkers

Median hourly wages, May 2015

Total, all occupations

$17.40

Production occupations

$15.51

Woodworkers

$14.18

Note: All Occupations includes all occupations in the U.S. Economy.Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment Statistics